Barely A Romance

by Kat Wilkinson, Anne Kay (Illustrator)

NamIl has been in love with Jungguk since the fifth grade, and the two have been inseparable since then. But in the year of their college entrance exams, when Jungguk accuses him of trying to date, their professor NamIl finally gives up on his love. Five years later, the two cross paths again for the first time, and life has moved on. Can they salvage a friendship that was their everything in their youth? Or were their feelings never buried all that deep? And just maybe, what was barely a romance then can be barely a romance now.

120 pages, Paperback

Published August 31, 2023

Reviews

[Morgan Mealer · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG OMG OMG!!! THIS BOOK WAS SO STINKING CUTE!!! I LOVED AND ENJOYED IT SO MUCH!!! IT'S SO GOOD!!! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT!!! IT'S PROBABLY MY FAVORITE READ OF THE YEAR SO FAR!!! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT!!! IT'S SO CUTE AND FUNNY AND SO GOOD!!! OMG OMG OMG!!! I WILL BE READING MORE BOOKS BY THIS AUTHOR!!! IT WAS SO GOOD!!! I LOVED AND ENJOYED IT SO MUCH!!! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT!!! FIVE STARS!!! PERIOD!!!

[Sandy Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a short story but super cute MM romance novel! It’s all about Namil and Jungguk who have been friends for 9 years each having feelings for each other but neither one saying anything but an incident happens that upsets Namil enough to tell Jungguk to stay away and so there’s a five year gap of no communication.

You have drunken confessions and miscommunications in this cute short story. Not sure if this story is continuing because of the ending I feel like it’s not over. I will have to check out more of the author’s books because at the end of this one she had some excerpts from other books and they sounded interesting.

[Milica K · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very cute romance story